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GAOFEN 12 04, 57654

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GAOFEN 12 04, 57654 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 20 Aug 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

57654, 2023-123A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Strategic Support Troops (CN)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

CS-L3000B?, Unknown motor

Mass

~3,000 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-08-20 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

10.846 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 GAOFEN 12 04
1 57654U 23123A   25261.32237363  .00001250  00000-0  16852-3 0  9996
2 57654  97.9051 178.4354 0002140 114.6876 245.4560 14.80898176112420

Epoch: 2025-09-18T07:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-18T07:44:13.081Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

64.89526°

Altitude

630.136 km

Speed

7.543 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 53m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

12:07:34

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

625.029 km

Perigee altitude

622.032 km

Semi-major axis

7,001.667 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

97.9051°

RAAN

178.4354°

Arg. of periapsis

114.6876°

True anomaly

245.4337°

Mean anomaly

245.456°

Eccentric anomaly

245.44485°

Mean motion

3.7046 °/min

Orbital period

97.18 mins

BSTAR

0.00016852

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GAOFEN 12 04 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-09-19 07:02:12.488Z	40.855° NE	2025-09-19 07:04:12.488Z	93.301° ESE	34.811°	2025-09-19 07:08:12.488Z	170.701° S
6 mins	2025-09-19 17:56:12.488Z	125.011° SE	2025-09-19 17:59:12.488Z	61.707° ENE	28.296°	2025-09-19 18:02:12.488Z	10.883° NNE

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GAOFEN 12 04, 57654

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-18T07:44:13.081Z)

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Other satellites on launch #123 in the year 2023 (2023-08-20 UTC)

GAOFEN 12 04 Visibility forecast

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